The three-bedroom, three-bath home in the Brookside neighborhood comprises five shipping containers. It measures 2,600 square feet and is available for $799,000.

Designer Debbie Glassberg was inspired to create the home after attending the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, China. While there, she was struck by Chinese interest in sustainable design and viewed a shipping container manufacturing facility, and the concept clicked into place.

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Back in Kansas City, she partnered with local architecture firm BNIM to create her own sustainable container home. The project now known as Home Contained has been featured in several design publications.

The containers were fused to create an open floor plan, including three bedrooms, an office, TV room, and kitchen.

The kitchen is adjacent to the dining room, which flows into the living room. Turquoise and white accents complement the sleek wood floors. Glassberg’s artistic touch is evident in accents such as the branch-patterned wallpaper, textured metal walls and ceilings, and the bright pink TV room.

“There is nothing else like it anywhere,” says listing agent Courtney Kraus. “I love that it is industrial-looking and beautiful, comfortable and filled with natural light. And I love that it is in Brookside, where we have a charming sense of community.”

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The home's geothermal heating and cooling, double-pane windows, LED lights, and even low-flow toilets emphasize sustainability. Pear and cherry trees grow alongside lettuces and other edible plants in the yard. There's an attached patio and a rooftop garden.

Though this is the sole large shipping container home in the city, it will soon have company. Glassberg is working on bringing more of the homes to the neighborhood, which is near the Jazz District.

This Midwest marvel's next owner is ideally “somebody who appreciates the container home concept,” says Kraus. “Somebody who loves art, someone who likes to leave very little footprint on the Earth.”